Private enterprise is supposed to be more efficient than government according to some pundits. Can you think of a more efficient way to deliver a package than is the apparent route of this delivery that I am expecting today?
Travel History
| Date/Time | Activity | Location | |
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– 3/01/2013 – Friday |
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| 3:43 am | On FedEx vehicle for delivery |
AUBURN, MA |
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| 3:38 am | At local FedEx facility |
AUBURN, MA |
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– 2/28/2013 – Thursday |
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| 5:44 pm | Departed FedEx location |
WILLINGTON, CT |
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| 2:15 pm | Arrived at FedEx location |
WILLINGTON, CT |
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– 2/27/2013 – Wednesday |
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| 6:40 am | Departed FedEx location |
ORLANDO, FL |
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| 6:01 am | Arrived at FedEx location |
ORLANDO, FL |
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– 2/26/2013 – Tuesday |
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| 10:40 pm | Left FedEx origin facility |
SANFORD, FL |
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| 6:32 pm | Arrived at FedEx location |
SANFORD, FL |
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| 4:41 pm | Picked up |
SANFORD, FL | |
This is a map of the last two legs of the trip from point A – Willington, CT, past my house at Point C to Point B in Auburn, MA, back to my house at Point C.
Yes, I know, it must have something to do with region boundaries and which location is able to make local deliveries within its region that includes my house.
Of course there is the 9 hour trip from Willington to Auburn to consider. I could have used a bicycle to get it to Auburn faster. That’s 35 miles which Google says should have taken 39 minutes. I could have driven to Willington to pick up the package a day earlier and saved two tolls on the Mass Pike.